The St. Louis, Then and Now
By Sarah Breger
The contentious debate over Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his actions during the Holocaust is ongoing. There are those who argue that FDR was...
A Pioneer of Jewish Music
By Rebecca Borison
Born in Odessa in 1879, Jacob Weinberg was a talented and prolific Jewish composer, who sought to preserve and promote his Jewish heritage...
The (True) Myth of the Jewish Democrat
By Daniela Enriquez
Elections are around the corner and once again the question presents itself—are Jews by nature Democrats? That American Jews tend to lean left...
TIAA-CREF Divests from Caterpillar
By Julia Glauberman
In recent weeks, TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization that manages nearly $500 billion in assets, has announced that it will remove Caterpillar,...
The Kosher Higgs Boson
by Daniela Enriquez
Last week, on the Fourth of July, while most Americans were celebrating their Independence Day, scientists working at CERN (the European Center for...
Escape from Freedom?
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
As Passover approaches, I have been reading the psychologist Erich Fromm’s 1941 work, Escape from Freedom. Writing when Nazi Germany was at its...
Aviva Kempner and "The Rosenwald Schools"
By Monika Wysocki
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Archives in Washington, DC hosted a preview of Aviva Kempner’s newest film, The Rosenwald Schools,...
Aviva Kempner and “The Rosenwald Schools”
By Monika Wysocki
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Archives in Washington, DC hosted a preview of Aviva Kempner’s newest film, The Rosenwald Schools,...
Religion in the News
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
The biggest religion news stories in 2011 involved tensions with Islam, followed by faith in presidential politics, a new Pew report reveals....
Election News Roundup
By Monika Wysocki
Here's a look at a few religion and politics highlights from this week...
The newest front-runner in the wildly unpredictable GOP primary, former Senator...
Journalists Lynn Sweet and Ron Kampeas on the Jewish Vote
By Alexis McNamee
For more on the Jewish vote in the 2012 presidential election, yesterday we listened in to “The Jewish Federations of North America Teleconference...
CAP’s “God in Politics” Forum
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
The Center for American Progress in Washington, DC hosted a forum earlier this week on “God and Politics: Examining Religion in the...